The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-07-21
IN GENERAL.


The stock of the Maine Central Railroad
sold at | III last week.
The Portland lily Marshal issued an order to
the drug stores that they will not he allowed TO
sell soda water and cigars on Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah Small one of the oldest women
in the State died in Bowonhaln. July Ilth.
Her age was l04 years, months.
The sardine factories in Eastern Maine have
commenced to pack sardinc> and cure fish.
They all complain of a scarcity Of fish.
Hon. ID. ii. Thing. of Mt. Vernon, State lee
turer of the Maine state Grap-s, has returned
from an extensive trir through the South.
The National Soldiers Home i cutting its
own hay this year instead of letting ii out Il,
formerly. They have I. crew of some thirty
men.
Mr.. Leonard X. Campbell the new deputy
commissioner of labor for Maine. las issued
Il circular TO the agents and managers of mills.
etc, instructiny them to post in their mills
copies of sections l and of chapter 139 of
the acts of 1857. relating to the hours Of labor.
T.. q. Pratt. Esq. treasurer of the Fairfield
Savings Bank. dropped dead Ill his desk Thurs
day morning. He Was man very highly
esteemed in the community. The cause of his
death i thought to have been heart disease.
The following patents have been granted 10
Maine people: Walter X. Close, Bangor. wind
engine; Catherine Frekker. wintlor reflector
Charles {. Larrabee, Bath. chafe iron for vchi-
cles Abel j. Hobbs. Bangor. "af chip for YES
>els: Lawrence III. Taylor Mercer. combination
press.
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Ban
gor x Piscataquis railroad. Thursday forenoon,
it was voted 1860 shares to %. to ratifv the
indenturcS of the lease made by and between
the Bangor q Piscataquis and the katahdin
Iron Works Railroad Companies, for il term of
800 wears.
Mr. and Mrs II. l.. O>lnan of Berlin Falls,
n. H.. got off the Grand Trunk train at Portland
Thursday, having with them !; seven months
old baby. The father held the baby in his
arms and just before getting into a hack look
ed at il and to his horror found the baby was
dead. The cause is unknown. whether sinotli-
cred or from natural causes.
Me>>rs. Hunt. Carter and Rand. of the Gov
crnors Council. with Colonies Porter and
Bean, Inspectors, Were At the Maine state
Prison Saturday 10 Inspect tic water service
recently Introduced. All the hy,lrant> were
found effective and large volumes of water
were thrown over the buildings. There are
six hydrant> at the prison. Many citizens
were present and witnessed the result with
satisfaction.
The Calais police arrested aud lodged in the
station house July Is the SalN alton Army. COM
prising some ten or fifteen persons They re-
fused TO obey the orders of The authorities not
TO parade the streets with drums and banners
saturday morning The Saly ttiunsts We're an
ragned before Municipal Judge Rounds. Az
ter hearing the evidence for prosecution the
defense moved the discharge of the prisoners
Judge Rounds read the laws. adv iScd the :ccllS-
eel strongly not to march with drums again and
discharged them.
Mr.. Ezra Whitman, who died in Baltimore
Wednesday. was ole of the pioneers in the in
vention of agricultural instruments. and to him
the farmers of this country are indebted for
the improved machinery which has relieved
them of SO much hard manual Labor. For MANY
years Il resident of Winthrop. in this State he
leaves many friends among our older citizens
For many Years he has conducted the Mary
land Farmer.
Mr.. Luce, State Superintendent of schools
expresses himself as well satisfied with the re-
suit of the Normal School CommencemcntS this
year. The addition 10 the ranks of Maine
school na'amS and masters this year is con
siderable one. Gorham sent out IS. CaStinc 81
and Pennington IS: total of 10. Twenty
five of these are young men. all the rest Young
ladies. Since their establishment. these nor
NAL schools have sent out good sized rcgi-
mcnt of teachers. 1850 in all.
Hon. Leonard SWEET. the distinguished bar
rister and former law partner of Abraham
Lincoln. was last week married at the resi-
dence of Archbishop Feehan at Chicago to
Miss Marie Decker. Mr. SWEET. who since the
death of Emory Storrs, has been at the head of
the Chicago bar. is native of Maine. Miss
Decker has been Mr.. Swctt's confidential clerk
and bOok-kcepcr for the greater part of the
seven years she has been in his Office. He is
81, while the lady is but 80. The first Mrs.
SWEET died about wear ago.